Guest guest Posted March 21, 2004 Report Share Posted March 21, 2004 Hi! I am new to this group and recently found out I was 13 weeks pregnant when I was told I would never conceive due to abnormal endocrine system. I would like to have a " NT " or Weston Price pregnancy and was reading about the benefits of cod liver oil http://www.westonaprice.org/nutrition_guidelines/codliveroil.html Cod liver oil contains more vitamin A and more vitamin D per unit weight than any other common food. One hundred grams of regular cod liver oil provides 100,000 IU of vitamin A I guess my concern in reading this is that my OBGYN doc said that high levels of vitamin A during pregnancy can lead to fetus abnormalities and even miscarriage. Also, my prenatal vitamin already has 5,000 IU's in addition any insight would be helpful thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 21, 2004 Report Share Posted March 21, 2004 At 03:00 PM 3/21/2004, you wrote: >I guess my concern in reading this is that my OBGYN doc said that >high levels of vitamin A during pregnancy can lead to fetus >abnormalities and even miscarriage. Also, my prenatal vitamin >already has 5,000 IU's in addition >any insight would be helpful thanks > > hi, jennifer: personally i'd ditch the prenatal vitamins and spend the money on good food. prenatal vitamins have ridiculously high levels of stuff, most of which you don't need! for example, the studies that lead them to believe that women needed folic acid for pregnancy were done exclusively on urban minority welfare women - who do not exactly have a high-veggie intake! you will get *plenty* of folates from good quality veggies and strawberries. if you're specifically concerned about the vitamin a and d, take fish oil instead - it is a and d free. i particularly like carlson's, since it's lemony-tasting. i'm sure there are other opinions on the brand! have you considered a midwife? -katja Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 21, 2004 Report Share Posted March 21, 2004 I used krill oil, Carlson's fish oil, butter oil and CLO during my recent pregnancy. Oh and I also used Garden of Life's Primal Defense and Perfect Food. I varied the CLO (different brands) so I wasn't getting too much A & D. Carlson's has lower levels than the high vitamin brands. Elainie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 21, 2004 Report Share Posted March 21, 2004 I had my first child 3 weeks ago. (I'm 33.) Instead of pre-natals I took the following supplements: 1-2 tbsp daily of nordic naturals cod liver oil. Thorne brand folic acid in liquid form and sometime their b-vitamin pills. Chelated magnesium pills. Vitamin C pills. Concentrace minerals in my drinking water. My labor, while it seemed like forever, went a lot better than most labors go these days. I had 100% natural childbirth in a hospital. Baby came out just fine, alert and healthy. > Hi! I am new to this group and recently found out I was 13 weeks > pregnant when I was told I would never conceive due to abnormal > endocrine system. I would like to have a " NT " or Weston Price > pregnancy and was reading about the benefits of cod liver oil > http://www.westonaprice.org/nutrition_guidelines/codliveroil.html > > Cod liver oil contains more vitamin A and more vitamin D per unit > weight than any other common food. One hundred grams of regular cod > liver oil provides 100,000 IU of vitamin A > > I guess my concern in reading this is that my OBGYN doc said that > high levels of vitamin A during pregnancy can lead to fetus > abnormalities and even miscarriage. Also, my prenatal vitamin > already has 5,000 IU's in addition > any insight would be helpful thanks > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 21, 2004 Report Share Posted March 21, 2004 @@@@@@@@@ > >I guess my concern in reading this is that my OBGYN doc said that > >high levels of vitamin A during pregnancy can lead to fetus > >abnormalities and even miscarriage. Also, my prenatal vitamin > >already has 5,000 IU's in addition > >any insight would be helpful thanks > > > > @@@@@@@@@@ I would totally skip any retinol from a pill because it's so easy to get the naturally-occurring stuff. [EAT LIVER!] And there are major question marks about synthetic retinol. Keep in mind a lot of the beliefs about dangers with high retinol intake are based on synthetic retinol. I'm sure you've already read the excellent WAPF article on this topic, but I'd research this stuff more carefully and not just take that doc's word for it. High intake of vit A during pregnancy in one of the cornerstones of the WAP approach! Of course, one guy's work from a long time ago is not the final word, but it's evidence to factor in. @@@ Katja: > you > will get *plenty* of folates from good quality veggies and strawberries. @@@@@@@@@ That's definitely true about folate; you can very very easily get plenty from veggies. [AND EAT LIVER!] You'll find a ranking of folate- content for a lot of foods in one of my posts from last month (just scroll down to the bottom past all the milk faff): /message/43704 (I don't see that strawberries were included in that list, but I just looked it up and at 0.75mcg/cal they are a decent source, but there are lots of common foods that are much higher...) I totally agree with Katja about getting it all from food... It seems like people get pressured into taking pills for pregnancy because of misinformation or myths, when it's not hard at all to get everything from food... Mike SE Pennsylvania The best way to predict the future is to invent it. --Alan Kay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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